Chemistry · Reactivity 3: What are the mechanisms of chemical change?
R3.4 — Electron-pair sharing reactions
Chemistry · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes
Nucleophiles, electrophiles and heterolytic fission
Nucleophiles and electrophiles, heterolytic fission, and nucleophilic substitution.
Electrophilic addition to alkenes
The reactions of alkenes with water, halogens and hydrogen halides.
Lewis acids and bases, complexes and SN1/SN2
Lewis acid–base theory, complex ions, and the SN1 and SN2 mechanisms.
Electrophilic addition and substitution mechanisms
Addition mechanisms and Markovnikov’s rule, and electrophilic substitution of benzene.